Adobe Illustrator Draw FAQ

Use Adobe Illustrator Draw to create free-form vector illustrations on your mobile phone, tablet, or Chromebook. Draw provides five vector pens, an eraser, and up to ten drawing layers to unleash your creativity. Draw also works with Adobe Capture to incorporate color themes and vector-based shapes that can be edited with Adobe Illustrator on your desktop.

Draw also supports the palm rejection feature of the Adonit Jot Script.

You need either a free or paid Creative Cloud membership. If you’re not already a member, you can sign up for a free Creative Cloud membership. If you're using a Google Chromebook, create an Adobe ID if you don't have one and then login.

Moving from Adobe Ideas to Adobe Illustrator Draw

Adobe Ideas was one of the first Adobe apps available for the iPhone when it first shipped in May 2010. Since then, mobile app design and processing power have made great advances. We’ve invested in new design patterns and capabilities with the introduction of Photoshop Sketch, Illustrator Line, Photoshop Mix and other apps. We wanted to combine the core drawing elements that have powered Adobe Ideas with these new capabilities and deliver that in an experience consistent with our other mobile drawing apps. Draw puts all your favorite vector drawing tools and features from Adobe Ideas in a familiar, modern interface. It also includes support for Creative Cloud Libraries, so you can easily turn any idea or inspiration into a gorgeous design – and take it further on your mobile device, your desktop, or both. Learn more on the Adobe Illustrator Draw product page.

Draw offers the core drawing elements and favorite tools and controls from Ideas, but adds a number of new features including support for Creative Cloud Libraries and the ability to draw perfectly straight lines, circles, ellipses, squares, rectangles and triangles as well as other shapes. Plus, using Adobe Capture, Draw users can capture shapes they see in the world around them as vectors and use them in Draw illustrations. Learn more on the Adobe Illustrator Draw product page.

On December 1, 2014 automatic syncing of Ideas files to Creative Cloud was disabled. If customers synced prior to December 1, they can download Illustrator Draw, open it and go to Settings > Import Ideas Files > Fetch All Files. This will import their synced Ideas files from their Creative Cloud assets folder into Draw.

If you have Ideas files on your iPad that aren’t uploaded to Creative Cloud, you can easily upload them. Launch Adobe Ideas and tap on the Cloud icon in the upper right corner of the screen. You can then select one or more Ideas files and upload them to Creative Cloud. Once uploaded to Creative Cloud, you can import them into Draw by launching Draw and going to Settings > ImportIdeas Files.

Adobe will no longer update or support Adobe Ideas on new versions of iOS. Adobe Ideas users will be able to install and use Ideas, but new users will not be able to install the application. Adobe Illustrator Draw puts all your favorite vector drawing tools and features from Adobe Ideas in a familiar, modern interface. Visit the Creative Cloud Blog for tips on making the switch from Ideas to Draw: http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/from-ideas-to-draw-making-the-switch/.

Yes, if you previously had Adobe Ideas installed on a device you can still install it once it's removed from the store. In the App Store go to Purchased and select Not on this iPad/iPhone. You’ll find Adobe Ideas on that list and be able to install from there.

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